Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the issues related to support for internship and employment in majoring courses and to suggest possible improvements for internship and employment by employing a focus group interview(FGI) as research methodology. Method: Research participants included special education teachers who have experiences of teaching in majoring courses as well as special education experts. The researchers conducted focus group interviews with the research participants. Collected data were coded and categorized based on a constant comparison method. Results: The issues related to the internship and employment in majoring courses included insufficient workplaces, taking a long time in adapting to workplaces, and difficulties with the roles of internship teachers and job coaches to workplaces. In terms of improvements, first of all, the curriculum of job training in majoring courses should be linked to students' internship and employment. Second, there was a need for support on deteriorated facilities and equipment to facilitate in-school internship and building facilities for a linkage between school programs and employment. Third, the support of job training coordinators was critical in order to facilitate support internship and employment. Conclusion: Finally, establishing connections and a united path with associated organizations for facilitating the employment of students with disabilities should be considered. © 2020 Seorim. All rights reserved.
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